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How to say “mother” in Yorùbá

Common WordsLevel 1 · Beginner
English
mother
Yorùbá translation
Ìyá

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Gbé ẹ̀bùn náà fún ìyá rẹ!

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Examples

Inú ìyá mi bà jẹ́

My mother's sad

Ìyá mi ń dúró dè wọ́n.

My mum's waiting for them.

Ṣé ìyá ẹ ti débùúté lálàáfíà?

Did your mum reach her destination safely?

These are sentences where the word appears, matched automatically rather than hand-picked usage.

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